{"id":23427,"date":"2015-12-15T15:14:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T15:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/?p=23427"},"modified":"2015-12-15T15:14:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T15:14:02","slug":"magic-managing-air-in-green-inner-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arcc-network.org.uk\/magic-managing-air-in-green-inner-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGIC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prof Paul Linden<\/h2>\n

University of Cambridge<\/h3>\n

December 2015 to December 2020<\/h5>\n

AIM: The MAGIC Project is an EPSRC funded project, run as a joint collaboration between the Universities of Cambridge, Surrey and Imperial College London, supported by a number of industrial partners. The project aims to contribute towards answering the Grand Challenge question: Can we develop a city with no air pollution and no heat-island effect by 2050?<\/p>\n

Traditional approaches to urban environmental control rely on energy-consuming and carbon\/toxin producing heating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC) systems, which produce an unsustainable cycle of increasing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. The aim of MAGIC is to break this vicious cycle by employing a different engineering solution, which uses green and blue spaces coupled with natural ventilation in buildings to reduce demand for energy and ensure air pollutants are diluted below levels that cause adverse health effects.<\/p>\n

Objectives:<\/h3>\n